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February 7, 2012
Why Does Karl Rove Hate America So Much?
Oh, boy. Another chance to say something good about Detroit. Nothing gets a bigger rise out of a certain element among you loyal Lawners than when I utter anything even faintly complimentary about my hometown. For reasons I may never fully understand, I would incite less mouth-foaming if I sang the ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
The Art of Prohibition
Oh, boy. Another chance to say something good about Detroit. Nothing gets a bigger rise out of a certain element among you loyal Lawners than when I utter anything even faintly complimentary about my hometown. For reasons I may never fully understand, I would incite less mouth-foaming if I sang the ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Cattle Shipped Out of Texas in Record Numbers During Historic Drought
Texas breeding cattle chased the rain in 2011 to plains states such as Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas -- even all the way to Florida -- tripling the amount shipped out of state the year before. That 150,000 head left this stricken country is only the latest metric by which to judge the huge toll ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess
Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.
Blogs
December 7, 2011
This Year's Drought Forced Record Cattle Decline Not Seen in Texas Since the 1930s
Photo by Brandon ThibodeauxTexas cattle country lost some 600,000 head this year -- a 12-percent reduction in the herd -- driven by a drought that withered grasses and baked river beds and stock ponds. It's the kind of en masse decline the likes of which this state hasn't seen since drought r ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Sometimes 1 Percent is Enough. If, That Is, You're Willing to Stand Up.
Hey, one last shout out here for the Occupy Dallas people who camped at City Hall. I know you took a lot of grief from people who didn't understand why you were doing what you were doing, including me a little bit at one point. I hope you took note of the president's speech yesterday in Kansa ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Chilling Con Carnies
Hey, one last shout out here for the Occupy Dallas people who camped at City Hall. I know you took a lot of grief from people who didn't understand why you were doing what you were doing, including me a little bit at one point. I hope you took note of the president's speech yesterday in Kansa ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Oddfellows Chef Brady Williams on Running a Smooth Kitchen and His Bon Iver-Inspired Dish
Kelsey FosterBrady Williams, with visions of a Tom Waits Gumbo dancing in his head.In part one of our three parter, Oddfellows Chef Brady Williams told us about his icy road to cooking, while part two covered his take on the Dallas food scene. Today we learn a little about how he runs things ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Brian Roberts of Ha Ha Tonka Names The Five All-Time Greatest Acts From His Native Ozarks
While there's practically an infinite number of ways a band can generate great word of mouth for themselves in this age of social networking, digital distribution and the star-making blogosphere, it seems as though good, old-fashioned touring is as reliable a generator as any. Springfield, Missouri' ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Speaking of Ex-Dallas Mayors, Steve Bartlett's Out to Kill D.C.'s Post-Financial Collapse Regs
And Schutze and I were just talking about Steve Bartlett. Then a Friend of Unfair Park goes and sends this piece posted a little while ago to The New York Times's website about how the former mayor of Dallas (twixt Strauss and Kirk, for those new to town or who just plain forgot, and how could yo ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Good Friday: Vans Warped Tour Launches During A Busy Weekend of Shows
It's already started!It's that time of the year again, when the heat has all of our teenage angst at an all-time high. The folks behind the Vans Warped Tour planned accordingly with this year's installment of the fest, which will be at Gexa Energy Pavilion today. So, if you're extremely pissed at ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
"Foolishness in the Extreme": Watch the Dallas ISD School Board Debate the Budget
If you care at all about the fate of the Dallas Independent School District, carve out an hour over the weekend. Then, jump to the other side of this item, where I've posted the entirety of the school board budget discussion to which I referred yesterday (down below too). Now, fair warning: It's ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
How Bad Will Things Have to Get Before We Make Them Better?
If you care at all about the fate of the Dallas Independent School District, carve out an hour over the weekend. Then, jump to the other side of this item, where I've posted the entirety of the school board budget discussion to which I referred yesterday (down below too). Now, fair warning: It's ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Does Texas Need a Debacle?
Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Wilson Scores With Six
Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>
Music
December 30, 2010
Counting Down the Best Local Albums of 2010
Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
The Modern World
Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
Raise Your Hand if You Remember the Dallas Submarines
I remember Dad taking me a high-school football game to old P.C. Cobb Stadium, and I saw the Dallas/Fort Worth Spurs play minor-league baseball at Turnpike Stadium. What I don't remember is something called the Dallas Submarines. Apparently they evolved into the Dallas Steers? P.C. Cobb is n ... More >>
News
June 10, 2010
Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty rescues a singing Man of Steel from his Fortress of Solitude.
I remember Dad taking me a high-school football game to old P.C. Cobb Stadium, and I saw the Dallas/Fort Worth Spurs play minor-league baseball at Turnpike Stadium. What I don't remember is something called the Dallas Submarines. Apparently they evolved into the Dallas Steers? P.C. Cobb is n ... More >>
News
June 3, 2010
In One Man's Legal Victory Against DART, There Are Lessons For Us All.
I remember Dad taking me a high-school football game to old P.C. Cobb Stadium, and I saw the Dallas/Fort Worth Spurs play minor-league baseball at Turnpike Stadium. What I don't remember is something called the Dallas Submarines. Apparently they evolved into the Dallas Steers? P.C. Cobb is n ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
The First Step
I remember Dad taking me a high-school football game to old P.C. Cobb Stadium, and I saw the Dallas/Fort Worth Spurs play minor-league baseball at Turnpike Stadium. What I don't remember is something called the Dallas Submarines. Apparently they evolved into the Dallas Steers? P.C. Cobb is n ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Kid Duds
I remember Dad taking me a high-school football game to old P.C. Cobb Stadium, and I saw the Dallas/Fort Worth Spurs play minor-league baseball at Turnpike Stadium. What I don't remember is something called the Dallas Submarines. Apparently they evolved into the Dallas Steers? P.C. Cobb is n ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
Debt Collectors Consider Trading "Knee-Breaking" Techniques for "Empathy Training"
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
News
December 17, 2009
Roger the Dodger Gets Called Back to Lead One More Super Bowl Drive
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
News
November 5, 2009
Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
Film
October 29, 2009
Turn Your Pad into a Haunted House With These Small-Screen Scares
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
Film
October 1, 2009
Attn: Wall Street. Michael Moore is a Marxist (but he's still selling the same old shtick in his Capitalism: A Love Story).
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
Dining
October 1, 2009
Tea Thyme & Tisane offers a taste of ’70s small-town Texas--and a big helping of 2009 Internet promotion
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
News
September 10, 2009
Only Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Could Build A Palace Big Enough To Match His Larger-Than-Life Persona
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
Calendar
July 16, 2009
Our Best Aunt
Hal Samples Craig CunninghamCraig Cunningham of Dallas has an interesting way of dealing with debt collectors: He sues them, as documented in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. While only a small number of debtors file such lawsuits, the debt collection industry isn't waiting for su ... More >>
Calendar
February 12, 2009
At The Car Show, Yeah
Visit the cars you dream of someday owning
News
July 19, 2007
Nickeled, Dimed and Screwed
Hard-sell coin dealers make chump change
Calendar
July 13, 2006
What's the Deal?
FDR clowns around at Stone Street
Calendar
March 2, 2006
Portrait of a Lady
FDR clowns around at Stone Street
Music
June 8, 2000
The old old thing
Malvina Reynolds and Harry Smith argue for folk's historical authenticity. Whatever that is.
News
November 13, 1997
Nobody Noticed
Marilu Dennis lived in Lakewood for 36 years. One hot July day, she died alone in her home. For 15 months, the grass grew. The mail piled up. The bills went unpaid. Nobody saw Marilu. Nobody noticed

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